We continue our conversation with Christian McBride by discussing his thoughts on the connection between music and sports, his work…
From its founding in 1954 until 2019, the Newport Jazz Festival had been canceled only once, for a single year…
For most music festivals, the loss of a longtime sponsor could be a death knell. After all, organizers killed the…
With the success of the 50th Anniversary event, Festival Productions Inc. quickly began work on the 2005 Festival. Like the…
An intense and unceasing downpour left a twenty-eight-year-old George Wein with the difficult question of whether to abruptly cancel his…
In the four decades since the Newport Jazz festival first took place in 1954, it became a global brand with…
The 1990s was a period of change. The geopolitical order in place for nearly half a century ended with the…
Created in 1927, The Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan, Limited - more commonly known as Japan Victor Company (JVC)…
“We’re Back” announced the front page of The Providence Journal, complete with a photo of a smiling George Wein, upon…
After the destructive summer of 1971, George Wein wanted to keep the legacy of the Newport Jazz Festival alive but…